District 1 Councilman Bobby Wilson and District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle give readers an update on the status of the settlement between Norfolk Southern Rail Company and community groups in the Northside. Hello everyone,  This month, we would like to update our constituents and neighborhoods o...

Councilman Lavelle discusses the Pittsburgh City Council’s introduction of legislation to ensure equity in the budgeting and allocation of $354 million dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Photo: Office of Councilman Lavelle Earlier this month, Councilman Lavelle and Councilman Rev. Ricky Burge...

Pittsburgh’s District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle: There’s a state of education emergency in the city of Pittsburgh. Photo: Office of Councilman Lavelle As a father of two grade school kids in the Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) system, and as a City Council representative, I have long been conce...

Pittsburgh’s District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle discusses the impact the COVID-19 pandemic had on the City of Pittsburgh’s 2021 Operating and Capital Budgets. Photo: Office of Councilman Lavelle 2020 found America and our city affected by duel crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying ...

Northsiders can now sign up to have their hard-to-recycle TVs, computers, and paint collected this month in Perry Hilltop. Photo of City Council Chamber by Ashlee Green Starting in 2010, with the passing of the Covered Device Recycling Act, Pennsylvania has prohibited the dumping of electronic and h...

Councilman Lavelle: “The most expensive and perhaps most urgently needed intervention for Black people is the provision of more affordable housing.” Photo of City Council Chamber by Ashlee Green In recent years, Pittsburgh has often been cited in lists from various publications as one of the most li...

Pittsburgh's District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle on the City's legislative response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo of City Council Chamber by Ashlee Green The month of August, when City Council goes into recess, marks the completion of the first half of the 2020 legislative cycle. It offers Cou...

Pittsburgh's District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle discusses police reform. Photo of City Council Chamber by Ashlee Green In the last edition of the Northside Chronicle, I highlighted legislative efforts by my office that declared racism a public health crisis in the City of Pittsburgh, as well as...

Pittsburgh's District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle discusses the legislation he and Councilman Burgess introduced to create a Greater Pittsburgh COVID-19 Racial Equity Task Force. Photo of City Council Chamber by Ashlee Green In December of 2019, Councilman Burgess and I successfully introduced a ...

In this month's column, Pittsburgh's District 1 Councilman Bobby Wilson and District 6 Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle share their messages for Northsiders. Photo of City Council Chamber by Ashlee Green Hello Northsiders, We hope you are doing well in these difficult times. We realize that the coronavi...